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Week in pictures: From Kenya election to fall of Raqqa

A photo roundup of some of last week's events, including royal funeral of the Thai king and an ancient Hindu festival.

Fri Oct 27 2017 10:42:19 GMT+0000

Fighters from the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) hold a celebration in Raqqa's Paradise Square. The Kurdish female fighters, who took part in freeing the northern Syrian city from the ISIL, said they will continue their fight to liberate women from the brutal rule of ISIL. [Gabriel Chaim/AP Photo]

Simone Batista, holding her baby Arthur, says she has been cut from Brazil's 'Bolsa Familia' government subsidy programme for low-income people. Speaking at her shack home in the Jardim Gramacho slum of Rio de Janeiro, she says she wants to appeal the government's decision, but says she doesn't have enough money to take buses to the administrative office to file the necessary paperwork. [Silvia Izquierdo/AP Photo]

Rohingya refugee children, who fled Myanmar, wait to receive food at Thaingkhali refugee camp in Bangladesh. UNICEF says the children, who make up most of the nearly 600,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh, are seeing a 'hell on earth' in overcrowded, muddy and squalid refugee camps. [Dar Yasin/AP Photo]

A woman dressed up as 'Catrina', a Mexican character also known as 'The Elegant Death', takes part in a Catrinas parade in Mexico City, Mexico. [Carlos Jasso/Reuters]

Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese woman who is on trial for the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, is escorted by officials as she revisits the crime scene at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. [Lai Seng Sin/Reuters]

Girls attend a class at their school, damaged by a recent Saudi-led coalition air strike, in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. [Abduljabbar Zeyad/Reuters]

Actress Katerina Lehou, right, as high priestess, lights the torch during a ceremony of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia, southwestern Greece. The flame will be transported by a torch relay to Pyeongchang, South Korea, which will host the 2018 Winter Olympics. [Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo]

Thai mourners stand queue to pay theri respects to a portrait of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in a replica of the royal crematorium in Bangkok, Thailand. Tearful Thais mourned on Bangkok's streets or at viewing areas around the country on Thursday as elaborate funeral ceremonies steeped in centuries of royal tradition were held for the king following a year of mourning. [Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP Photo]

Esther Wanjiru Njoroge wears braids and earrings in the colours of the Kenyan flag, as she waits to cast her vote in the rerun of Kenya's disputed presidential election. The main opposition party boycotted the election as political tensions continue to rise in the country. [Ben Curtis/AP Photo]

A Hindu devotee applies vermillion powder on the forehead of her husband as they perform rituals on the banks of the Yamuna River during Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi, India. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]